St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Onails, shut in box with air, Gloss
themselves in their shells. and live in Z
dormant state for months, or years
and revive in water at 72o.
Under . new edict just promulgated
IN Japan criminals are not to be exc
cuted singly. When there is one h
must wait until there is another to keeE
him company. Detroit Free Press.
p. n Davis, known in the Ceul
d'Alenes ~ Dream Davis" who found
Dream Gulch in . vision and cleaned
up SlO. 900. has spent all his wealth and
committed suicide At Los Angeles, Cal.
"A Pluto Indian was offered . pound
Of powder II he could eat flve pounds d
boiled beef 1t one sitting. and be smiled
and wagged his jaws and devoured
eight pounds. He wanted moro. but il
was . poor day for beef.
"A man near Greeley, Col, had
thirty acres Of land which he could
neither sell nor mortgage. and in
despair he went out and struck . coal
vein thirteen fest thick and sold the
land for t58.OOO.-N o. Times Dexso-
crat.
An old skinllint was hooking for .
furnished What will you charge
me for this one for weeky' he asked
Thirty francs" I'm give you TWEEN.
ty-five." No. SIR" Come. let me
have it for that; the days are 50 short
now" -Fresch Exchange
A review OF sunshine observations
in Great Britain has recently been pub
lished by the president Of the Royal
Meteorological Society. It brings out
the interesting fact that IN late autumn
and winter Ireland il much SUMMER
than England or Scotland.-N. T.
Ledger.
Mrs. Ruth Smith. IT Bridgeport.
Conn.,, dresses in blue silk, wears blue
spectacles, has her meals served on blue
glass dishes. and lives in blue glass
room. which she has not left for more
than ten minutes at . time for eight
years. = Chicago Herald.
That's mighty fine frescoing." re-
marked a travelling man who with a
companion was visiting the Capitol in
Washington. .'Yes. wonder how
they got it up there" 20. it's prob
ably put on with ceiling wax" was the
reply, which severed = lifelong friend
ship.-Aerckant Traveller.
House servants in Germany are
poorly paid. and work hard. Their
duties brgin frequently before daybreak
and continue sometimes till past mid
night. The floors must be scrubbed
every other day, and the windows every
week; for this . broom is not known.
but brush is the article used. For her
services servant gets only about sixty
cents week.
The progress in electric lighting
has been remarkable. In 1880 the cen
sus man did mot consider the invest
ment in this business Of sufficient i'm
portance to warrant him in collecting
the data. In the six years that have
since interviewed the progress has been
80 rapid that the investment in its vari-
Gus branches is rising 800. 900. 900.
Among this seasons crop Of jeux
d'esprit is the following sprightIy little
anccdote. which is said to be true, ard
is certainly good enough to be:
Edith" said . stern Senator to his
daughter, lis that young man, who pays
you 50 much attention lately. man Of
brains?" 1--WE not had an opportunity
to find out. papa" replied Edith de-
murely, 1--WE only met him in society"
Washington Cor. Philadelphia 7eIe-
graph.
A Canadian farmer near Luther was
awakened BY persons providing around
his house. He and his son arose and
fired shotguns at man they saw. He
ran and was joined BY two men in .
sleigh. One Of the horses hitched to
the sleigh cast . shoe. The farmer
picked it up. and by the aid Of the black
smith who made it identified the prowl-
ers. who proved to be neighbors. and
who paid good sum to keep the thing
quiet
1t is claimed that by new process
wildwood can be made 50 tough as to
require . cold chisel to split it. The
result Is obtained by steaming the tim
Der and submitting it to end pressure,
'upsetting" it, thus COM
pressing the cells and fibers into one
mass. tits the opinion Of those
who have experimental with the process
that the wood can be compressed
per cent. and that some
timber which is now considered unfit
Tor use in such work as carriage building
could be made valuable BY this means.
Boston Budget.
"A writer in the American Angler,
in trying to demonstrate that fish have
the power Of communicating with each
other. and also possess . degree Of in
telligencc, says that he has seen on
several occasions small bodies Of trout
following the lead of an elder and act..
ing in accordance with its movements.
On three occasions he has observed .
'hoal Of carp approached BY = single
,ongener. which ultimately conducted
{ to another part Of the pond. where .
quantity Of food existed.
1t is difficult to say just what ais
he editor Of the Reporter, of Abilene,
Tex. but this is the way he takes on:
We have learned to bow and dance
o the music with nimble and elastic
tep. It's wonderful how magical one
cells as the music foods the heart with
unshine. breaking up all gatherings
4 mist that environ the soul. and i'm
,ibing in our nature high aspirations